National Republican., 1887-03-02

vice, but, disregar1ing II, we would suggest |
to our contemporaries ITO 60 slow.n There
are wonderful possibilities In the near fu- |
ture. At least one, possibly two, Cabinet
Offices are to be appointed. Five interstate
commissioners have to be named. The
term Of the city postmaster will soon ex-
pire. Several vacancies exist in the first
class missions. Who knows but what
President Cleveland, himself citizen Of The
District, intends to call citizen Of the
District into his official family, or place one
or more OF them in some of the high offices
he will soon have to flll9 OF course,
his choice would be from District Demo
Gratis, and Col. William Dickson, a distin-
guished member Of the Democratic national
committee, the author Of that plank in the
Democratic platform about local offices,
which does not include the District Of
Columbia, may already be selected for one
Of them.
We know nothing Of Mr.. Trotter except
what appears In the daily press; from them
we can see that he Is a man OF good educa-
tion, in the prime Of life, was a good soldier
in the Union army, was for eighteen years
the registered letter department Of the Bos.
ton postoflice, and was q good Republican
until association with Democrats led him
from the faith, and is in the real estate
business at his home, though the star says
| he is ia barber,n and what we deem worse,
"a Mugwump."
should this grievous charge Of being ga
| barber" prove to be true, and the indigua-
| tlon manifested by our contemporaries ex-
tend to the entire people of the District,
causing them to suspend all operations IN
real estate, thus deprivlng Mr.. Trotter Of
his expected fees, he might up end his bar
Der pole in front Of the recorders Office and
conduct a successful business In minister
ing to the judges and lawyers who frequent
the court house.
But have not our city contemporaries
overlooked some Of the circumstances con-
nected with this case. President Cleveland
is politician, holding the highest political
office in the world. 1t may be that he re-
sembles Oliver Twist, and intends, to ask
for 'more." That political 'persimmon'
hangs very high. The Democratic pole only
react ed 1t with Mugwump addition upon
the end, and DR.. Burchard's "Rum, Roman
ism, and Rebellion" to stand upon. The
Mugwump addition has been partly broker
off, and the doctors platform has suul
into the mire. Perhaps President Cleveland
wants to fasten a colored contingent, II
New York, Ohio, and Indiana, where tn
colored votes hold the balance of power
upon the Democratic pole, and thus be en-
abled once more to reach the persimmor
, which is otherwise unattainable. As th
| Spanards say, Quien sobc?
How can our Democratic contemporaries
, object to this when they know that thei
, party has held the House of Representative
4 for years by this colored contingent, nc
r attached to the party by favors as Presider
- Cleveland is trying to have it, but lashe
: to it with the whip of the bulldozer,
( pinned to it by the bowie knife OF IL
night rider, or the bullets of the rifle clu
1t is hardly probable that the republ
Q will lie overturned, or even the Democrat
party (which last would be a blessing), dis
e rupted by the tempest in a teapot whiC
e our contemporaries have raised over u
/. appointment Of Mr.. Trotter. II might ha'
i been better for the President to have S
e lected citizen, white or colored, of Il
e District for this office, but the people Of Il
n District have no right to complain in Il
matter of federal Offices. They compo
$. about one-third of one per cent. of the po
W ulation Of the country and they hold, e
s eludng fourth class gostEm9ssftiegs, 9fai, at lea
is barely possible that the President M
have taken this fact into considerable
when he named Mr.. Trotter for Dstr
In office.
b, Our city contemporaries seem to ha
lie breakfasted upon gunpowder, dined upt
t. dynamite, and supped upon dragons bloc
to We suggest dose of Mrs. Winslow's SCOT
er ing syrup. Mothers of fractious childr
e. have assured us that 1t acts like a charm.
s. Now, the District Democrats might q
81 peal to Republican Senate to save the
from Democratic President. They cou
n carry along their campaign books showi
he how much money they expended In 1884
Mt secure a Democratic victory as an arc
rn ment to influence the Republican Senate
n. Altogether this is a pretty Democra
,d quarrel, in which Republicans can afford
N be lockers on.
r. This agitation may prove the beginni
lie of the end-the wiping out Of the co
nj lihe and race prejudice in the solid SOU
0. 1t is evidently an appeal on the part Of {
President to colored men to vote the De
n ocratic ticket. Is not now the time, th,
IT. to invite the white men OF the south to W
ee with the party whose economic piincip
e. in legislation and government they